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The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-04-30
AN ISLAND OF TEETH.

About four aud II half miles east of
Jeannerette and not more than one
and half miles from the spot where
the Confederate gunboat, Queen of the
West engaged the Federal fleet is site
uated an island, in Grand Lake, now
known as Barney's Island, named al
ter its only and present inhabitants,
whose occupation is fishing, and hunts
ing alligators for their hides and OIL
This island is about two aud n half
arpents long by one aud Il half wide,
and about ten feet above the level OF
the lake. This is perhaps ono OF the
most remarkable spots on the conti-
uent, remarkable for its wonderful
productions, being composed entirely
of human teeth, occasionally finding
ends Of legs and arm bones. A jaw
bone, perfectly preserved, in and ear
then vessel dug up.
The query arises, where did thes
millions Of teeth come from: Tradi-
ton has it that this island was the
rendezvous and festive ground OF a
savage tribe Of Indians, who would
assemble there to celebrate their vic-
tories and feast upon their captives.
Tourists would be richly paid by 4
visit to this remarkable island of teeth
--.ieanci1'eiic Ifi0t.
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Tue RIGHT KIND OF BOOM.
G'fiNeS-DclnOcrG { I

-
The papers Of North Louisiana, in
commenting on the condition Of that
section Of the Slate, declare ;ha, never
before in its history has there ever been
seen the same amount Of push ana en-
ergy displayed by the farmers. I'm
provenen,s are being made every
where, new fences built, ditchC5 dug
and houses erected everything shows
agricultural prosperity and activity,
and the farmers, who, few years ago,
We're Ulakipg bare living and were
kept in debt, arc now in ffuc spirits
and able to make the improvements
on their places that have been so tong
needed.
This is "the Kind of b0Gm" that
counts more than anything else, which
increases the yield and gives an inn
proved value 10 land. There can be
no better card to secure immigration
and capital than energy, activity and
industry like this. People want 10 in
vest or go to a country where business
is lively and prospects are bright.
Nothing encourages confidence more
than the confidence Of the homu peo
pie in their own country.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-04-30
PROSPECTS OF IMMIGRATION,

Louisiana bids fair this year to res
ceive II larger immigration than ever
before. The plan of taking the settler
out for an excursion and showing him
the country and letting him ses with
his own eyes, is beginning to bring Il
tide of immigration that shows it's wis.
dom. 1t is by far the most honest way
to secure settlers on our vacant, yet
productive lands, and the class of peo-
pie it brings is better than the average.
No one can make the trip and go back
and stay. He may think about ii
awhile, and examine his cash account,
but the seed is planted and will grow,
and sooner or later the man pulls his
stake and drives it again on Louisiana
soil il.-IbberHip MyjHio1ui
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-04-30
mill and 1926. 900 yarn mill at Deca-

mill and 1928 900 yarn mill NJ Deca-
tur, Ala.
The movement in iron and coal goes
on with unabated activity in Tenues-
see and Alabama, while land specula-
ton is rife and many railway projects
are in progress in Louisiana and Ar
kansas, and other Southern States.
The march of empire is now south
ward. The rich iron and coal fields of
Tennessee and Alabama first started
the boom, and all the other rich re,
sources Of the South are now coming
in for their share Of attention. They
are all 40 valuable in themselves, aud
so easily made available, that It is bnt
natural that they should command
development whenever their merits are
understood.
The propriety of moving the cotton
mills TO the cotton fields Is u text that
has been repeatedly preached upon by
writer's on political economy, The
further dcsirabteness of making the
carts, wagons and plows used in the
South, of Southern timber, or South
ern soil, has often been urged. The
hopes so long indulged, and the dreams
so fondiy cherished, are ut last to be
realinsd and the consummation is be-
ing gradually accomplished. In the
future, events will DO developed more
raptdsy.-.So"fh Illustrated.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-04-30
MOVING SOUTHWARK.

The ST. Louis Industrial Gazette, in
summing up the chief industrial move"
menis in the Southern States for the
past month, besides noting the recent
developments in iron and coal, calls
attention TO several very important
and encouraging facts. The first Of
these is the intended removal 10 Littlo
Rock, Ark, OF a large wagon factory
heretofore operating al Decatur, III.
Little Rock is in the heart Ola country
heavily timbered with the finest hard
wood forests on the continent, aud no
more eligible place for making wagons
on iagc scale exists.
in addition 10 this, Il $2,OOD,000 cot
ton factory is to tie located at Florence
Ala, on The Tennessee river, while
/ Ohio capitalist are to establish cottor
mill and machine shops at Tuscaloosa
/ Contracts are reported 10 have been le
for the building Of 500, 900 cottoi
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-04-30
REFORMS SIN FUNERALS.

The Rev. Henry Ward BeCchcr'a
death may mark the beginning Of a
new departure in the conduct Of fun
erals. In accordance with his wishes.
no Grape was used, nor any Of the Gus
tomary embiems of mourning. While
the remains We're unburich, The house
was kept open, aud brilliantly lighted
at night, and flowers were distributed
about the rooms a. if the occasion was
a festive instead Of a sad one. Tapfe
has long been a growing dislike to the
oid-fashioned somber UbsequiCs Uf the
dead. The first man Of note that we
recall, who forbade his family aud
friends 10 wear mourning, was the
great novelist, Charles Dickens. Iii9
example has been very frequently fol.
lowed, and it is no longer the fashion
to so about III dismal apparel becaus,
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-04-30
PUT AWAY FREETRADE AND SLAVERY

There are many evidences that the
South has put of its old Worn-out
coats OF free trade and slavery, and is
now at work weaving new coats and
growing industrial people. Congress.
man Herbert, of Alabama, said so at
Boston the other day. He said: 81
come from State that is, think,
now building more furnaces, more
railroads, aud more cities than any
other State in the Union. Alabama is
splendidly typical OF what is called In
the topic given hy friend Grady, sThe
New South With the eloquent ex
PLANTATION Mr.. Grady gave, the term
is not Objectionable yet l cannot bring
myself to like it, because, without ex-
PLANTATION, it is misleading. Any ap-
piication that needs explanation is apt
to mislead. The New South II by
that is meant that the South has put
away all its past, forgotten its states
men and it heroes, forgotten Its hospi-
tality, its high sense Of honor and its
chivatry, so much uerided; forgotten
Washington, Jefferson, Madison, the
Pinckneys and Calhoun, or that it
repudiates Robert Il. Lee, Stoncwaii
Jackson, and the brave soldiers who
died upon the thousand battle fields of
the civil war, then we r"pudiate the
term. But it means simply that we
have put away secession and wear the
Union in our hearts; that we have
put away slavery and fling forth gladly
the banner of freedom; that we have
put away, wherever 1t fingered here
and there among us, any idea that la>
Dor was not ennobling. If ii means
that, rejoicing now in the music of the
an and the spindle, the hammer aud
tho saw, we recognize fully that the
true progress can be wrought out only
by the God-given law Of labor, then
we accept the term. m."--fh hicoyo Jo'np,al
Commerce.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-04-30

of the decease of Il parent, husband, or
brother. The arguments to justify this
new point OF view are varied, and not
always consistent. The Christian,
confident of a happy life hereafter, sees
nothing to regret in "shuffttug off the
mortal COLL" while the agnostic holds
the view that life is so full Of misery
to the great mass Of mankind that it
is unreasonable not TO welcome death.
One of the most curious chapters in
the history of the race is the funeral
customs of the various nations. They
have appealed to all the emotions of
lamentations on the one
haud, end joyous ceremonies on the
other, which last have sometimes de-
generated into drunken froiics, such as
Ward Beecher was great man in his
generation, but win he live as one OF
the frst-class men of his century: He
has written many books and delivered
numberless public addresses and SER
mons. DOubters say that none Of his
works will live. lie was not creative
genius. He leaves no successor, he
founded no church, he is identified
with 20 creed. He was .eformer, a
iiberatiZer, and taught a humanity
somewhat in advance of his religious
environment ; but his influence was
dis!utegratine, not formative. Hence,
like Theodore Parker, il he exists at
al! in the future, it will be as a mem
Org, not force in human affairs
From De"sorest's NonthIy for Man.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-04-30
Good NisitewR It.

The Scientific American gives the
following receipt for II whitewnsh
which will stick and Withstand tho
weather: "Slact J bushel lime, strain,
and add peck OF salt dissolved In
warm water, 3 pounds Of ground rice
or starch put In boiling water and
boiled to thin paste, ! pound pow
dered Spanish whiting, aud pound of
clear glue dissolved in warm water.
Mix these well together, and let the
mixture stand for several days. Keep
tho water thus prepared in q kettle or
portable furnace, and when used, pu,
1t on rs hot as possible, with painters
or whiiewash brushes. Color to suit
by adding sparingty OF u dry pigment. ="
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-04-30
TIRE HERALD ON THE SOUTH.

New YORK April 25.--The Herald
says, in commenting on the late indus
trial convention held at Richmond {:
"The Southern air is saturated with
eXhifaration, and during the next two
or three generations our neighbors
down there will give US II good pull.
They are doing their best to catch up
with US, and when they have done
that we shall go on in the race, neck
and neck. That is very healthy
state Of affairs. These are glorious
days'
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-04-30
Managing IL Mighty Fine,

Withdraw Gen. Nichols name as a
candidate and the McEnery faction
would be In great danger Of defeat ut
the next election, but II they can hum.
bug the opposition and induce them to
stick 10 Nichols they will have a
walk over. The "riug men" are mana.
sing this thing mighty Ane and il
they succeed in keeping all strong can
didatcs out OF the field against Nj McEnery
we must admire their botdness, skill,
pluck and sublime audacity ~ De,Sbfu
DrnuOcTnf
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He's u Fun blood.

"l, Gen. VIII A. Strong a patriot or
Il bOudter % tfW,roc RuVetN,.
"According to tho jury he is 'ulf.an'-
'alf. - O""chit0 Icieyrdph.
"itc is only II thrcc-quarter boodter,
the jury stood nine for boodler and
three for patriot. ."-.fOnyWai.
lie got tho cash nIl the same, and
the State got left. Don't that make
'em full blood: If he had been an
'alf-breed he would only have taken
'aIf - Dp,SDfD Demo, 1'ni
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-04-30
The Poor Munst Grin and Bear 1t.


Thirty-five hundred dollars per mile
10 tho amount agreed upon as basis
ofassessment Of the Nicksburg, Shreve.
port and Pacific railroad. The railroad
company seems to do pretty much as
1t pleases with all the parishes through
which their line runs. They induced
Richland to settle on a basis Of $4,000
per mile, and now sichland compla,
Gently fixes the same amount a. basis
of taxation. The police jury of the
parish, however, have not in all pro-
liability reduced the assessment on
other property correspondingty. The
railroad can get, its assessment reduced
but the poor man has to grin and bear
II. If tho railroad property Is reduced
all the rest OF the property in the par
ish should be,--lint'isou Times.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-04-30

The above Is All extract from II letter
written 10 us by one Of our best friends.
In reply thereto, we must say: Putt
down the name of Nichols, and give
us Il candidate like the ianeuted l..
n. Ogden, one who never bolted the
Democratic party or scratched Dem
ocratic ticket, and we will try 10
make the fur fly worse than it does in
cat fight by moonlight. - De.Soto
Democrat.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-04-30
WOMId Nuke the Fur Ely,

VUERRY. wilt you please tell
your many friends why you are not
lighting McEnery this time, like you
did during the last campaign?
NATCUITOCIJES
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-04-30

More Than You can shake a Stick At
There are more MoRcure men in
f,iucotn than you can shake stick al Z.
We did not know thete was so many
until the gubernatorial race opened. -
| Httstm fdiigrdDh.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1887-04-30

bHe Of the most favorable signs Of
the prosperity OF our country is the
TACT that the merchants have ceased to
keep corn for sale. The man who
wants to buy corn now has to 90 to
the country for it. And still more
greatifyihg feature is tho fact that il
can always be found for sale in tho
country. Now when Our merchants
find it Improbable 10 keep bacon, ,
then may it bo truly said that our peo.
pie are prospecting on tn" right line
R"sfDU fufigrdph.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-22
HANGMAN' DAY.
Abe Chambers, CoIored, Hanged at
Newport, Ark, for the Murder
of Jonas Williams.
He Protests His Innocence TO the
Last-He was Convicted on Cir.
cEmstantiaI Evidence.
Preston Valentine is Executed at Augusta,
Ga, After Contrasting TO q Cold
BIooded Murder. .
An Arkansas Hanging.

Special to the Gazette.
NEWPORT, ARK, Jan. 2l.-Abe Cham
bers was hanged here to-day for the muir
der of Jonas Williams in the autumn of
1886. Both men were colored. A large
crowd of people witnessed the execu-
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-22
PLEURO-PNEUMONIA.
The Illinois Commi- sioners Show q Bad
State OF Affairs Existing.

The Illinois Commi -sioners Show a Bad
State OF Affairs Existing.
SPRINGFIELD, ILL, Jan. PA special
report has been filed with the governor
by the Illinois live stock commissioners,
calling attention to the alarming extent
of contagious pleuro-pneumonia prevail
ing among cattle in the city of Chicago
The magnitude of the interests involved,
the attendant danger and the history Of
the outbreak are eXhaustively reviewed,
with the conclusion that necessity
exists for a careful examination of
COWS that are owned in Chicago
and the towns of Hyde Park, Lake, Gre
70, Jefferson and Lakeview that in any
way have been exposed to infection. The
board deems the slaughter of all such to
be absolutely necessary to insure safety in
the future. The commissioners say they
can scarcely expect the removal of quar-
antine restrictions already thrown around
the movement of cattle from this state
unless it is done, nor will they consider
the cattle industry of the state safe until
then. They state that 1t is impossible
to say how many COWS must be killed to
secure this result, but they believe it will
be at least 1000. With the premises dis
infected and quarantined for sufficient
time to render them safe wherever dis
eased cows have been found, the commits
sioners believe further losses from the
present infection can be averted, but they
suggest that more effectual laws should
be enacted to prevent future outbreak.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-22
ATTEMPTED TRAIN ROBBERY.
Five Masked Men Try to Stop 2 Texas and
Pacific Train.

ciVe -hashsu mon Try TO stop 2 Texas and
Pacific Train
Special to the Gazette.
WILLS POINT, Tex, Jan. 2l.-By the
merest accident the 4 O'Clock passenger
train was saved from robbery. Last
night about l: 80 O'Clock James Ashton,
returning from dance, noticed a group
of five men near the railroad where an
old tank had been filed up. Thinking it
was some companions, he went toward
them. When in short distance one of
them gave signal and all became quiet.
Ashton, still unsuspecting, went nearer,
when one of them stepped toward him
with something in his hand that clicked
like siX-shooter. This brought Ashton
10 his senses, and noticing that they were
all masked he uncerlmoniously skedad-
died and informed the night
operator, who Immediately wired the
train dispatcher, and an order not to stop
at the Wills Point tank even if signaled,
was sent to the conductor, who informed
the passengers and general stampede of
valuables to yarions hiding places re-
suited. The train reaches the tank, which
is about g mile from town in thick woods,
about o'clock. When in sight of the
tank the engineer discovered q man on
the track waving signal, but seeing no
obstruction he put en- steam and rushed
past. The train men and passengers saw
the other four men standing on the tank
dam. The operator thinks the men came
on the u O'Clock train last night. Several
parties noticed them proving about
town. No accurate description of them
can be obtained.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-22
DOC WILSON.
Tho Notorious Character Arrested on Two
Charges at Once.

Charges at Once.
PROVIDENCE, r. l., Jan. 2l.-In De-
cember, 1884, civil suit was entered
against "Doc" Wilson by Christopher
Dunleavy of Bridge, charging him with
the seduction of his daughter, Margaret.
The amount of damages was fixed at
$4,000, and the writ made returnabie on
the fourth Monday in March. Caleb Far
nun, Wilson'S father-in-law, became his
bondsman, and. the case put upon the
docket still remains there. To-day Farnum
forbade Wilson his house, aud gave
deputy sheriff power of attorney
to deliver him UP to the authorities. This
morning Mrs. Levi Wilson, Farnum's
daughter, filed petition for ivoroe, al
leging cruelty and non-support on the
part of her husband. The citation in
this case was served upon Wilson st the
same time as the warrant for his arrest
in the seduction case. Wilson was found
and was taken TO the county jail. He
stated to an officer that he was destitute.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-22

AUGUSTA, GA, Jan. 2l.-Preston Val
entine was hanged here to-day for the
premeditated murder OF an old man
named Wales, night Waterman at
the Street., . Railway Company's
stables on the morning of Sep
TENDER u, 1884. After the murder
he set fire to the victims body, robbed
the Office and fed The body was con-
sumed beyond recognition. Valentine
was captured and convicted on circum
stantisl evidence and partly on his own
confession. Before the execution Falen-
tine made full confession.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-22
RELEASED FROM JAIL.

Their Freedom by a Gang of Friends.
WARREN, ARK, Jan. 2l.-Three weeks
ago there were published particulars CT
the assassination of Harris brothers, in
Bradley county, by two men known as
Hamilton and Ludberry. Last night the
jail was broken open by party of mask
ed men and the alleged murderers set at
liberty. A large posse are in pursuit,
and il they overtske them there will
doubtless be serious affray.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-22
GALVESTON.
The Schooner r. ID. Bibber in Dangerous
Predicament.

Predicament.
Special to the Gazette.
GALVESTON, TEX, Jan. u. - The
schooner R. D. Bibber, laden with rail
way iron for the Arkansas Pass Railway,
is still hard aground on the outer bar.
She is badly bilged and nearly full of
water. An effort was made to-day to
Tighten her Of portion of her cargo, but
the sea was running high and rem
dered the attempt futile. It is thought
if this can be done the schooner can be
pumped out and tloated and the balance
OF the cargo saved. At present she is in
4 dangerous predicament, and unless the
sea becomes calm she will likely be
pounded to pieces.
The remains Of Bonno Kastan, q promi-
nent merchant of BelleyilIe, were inferred
to-day from the residence of his brother,
Frederick Kestap, Rabbi Silverman otlici-
ating atthe funeral ceremony.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-22

SptCltll 10 lLC ddZCllG.
NEWPORT, ARK, Jan. 2l.-Abe Cham
bers was hanged here to-day for the muir
der of Jonas Williams in the autumn of
1886. Both men were colored. large
crowd of people witnessed the execu-
ton.
THE MURDERER.
Chambers was negro of savage aspect,
yet possessing great degree of cunning
and shrewdness. He had little education,
but he was plausible talker, and rarely
failed to interest anyone in his fate, il not
raise doubts of mis- guilt. To the last he
hoped for something to occur which
would prevent his execution. His at
torney, having carried the case to the
supreme court, and the notion for new
trial having been denied, could do moth
ing more, and hence advised Chambers to
that effect. But hope sustained him I'M
til the end. Up to the moment of execu
ton he protested his innocence. 81
never killed Jonas Williams" he said to
THE GAZETTE correspondent, 81 never
killed any one. My hands are not stained
with blood. If they hang me to-day, they
will shed the blood of an innocent man.
And everybody who has anything to do
with numbering me will suffer for it, see
if they don't"
He would not talk about the murder,
other than to claim his innocence; but he
spoke of his trial and prlson-life very
freely. lie said he had been well treated
by the sheriff and the jailors. He was
particularly grateful to his attorney, and
To others who had befriended him.
MURDERED FOR MONEY.
In October last Chambers and Williams
came 10 Newport with circus. Williams
had some money which he displayed
rather conspicuously; and it was OBJ
served that Chambers followed him every
where like shadow. The two were seen
walking along al unfrequented road not
far from town late in the evening. Will
liams was never seen alive afterward. He
was found dead some hours later. His
head was pounded to Jelly;
his clothing was torn, and his
money had been stolen. The
body was thrown or dragged on one
side Of the road, and partially concealed
with brush and logs. Suspicion pointed
to Chambers. He was arrested in sa-
loon, where he was gambling with tne
money which had been obtained by rob-
berry and murder. a chain of circum-
stantial evidence proved his guilt, and his
trial and sentence speedily followed. He
had able attorneys who left nothing I'M
done to save him, but vainly. The expia-
ton Of his crime to-day satisfied justice.
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1887-01-22
CANADIAN POLITICS.
The Conservatives Elated Over Letter
from Gladstone.

The Conservatives Elated Over a Letter
from Gladstone.
OTTAWA, ONT Jan. 21.-The federal
government hitherto apprehensive CT the
results of the approaching election in the
maratime provinces, is jubilant over the
Encouragement given the session and
rapeal movement by Gladstone. The fol-
lowing is an extract from letter written
by the late prime minister and addressed
to c. II. Topper, member of parliament,
of Pictou, Nova Scotia. "The main point
on which he had to touch was the ques-
ton between Great Britain and the North
American colonies, and this question is
settled by a concession of g responsible
government, but | Joined in endeavors
made since TO MAINTAIN measures Of con-
federation with due regard to several
stages OF npening colonial opinions, and
| have read with great pleasure the very
conclusive evidence ven have given both
as to the condition and progress of Nova
Scotia and as to the Solidity Of the large
and important measure which has done so
much for British North America, and for
the sOlidity and harmony OF the empire"
In the next house Of commons there will
be 3l5 representatives, the Northwest ter
ritory adding four to the number now in
parliament. Outside of British Columbia
the candidates had, up to Wednesday,
been selected by one or other party in 56
constituencies, OF whom l2S are COnserVa-
tives and lG7 Liberals.